Inauguration

by FTS Miles   Jan 25, 2005


40 million reasons
Feed my despair.
As men, women, children are
Evicted from shelter,
Forbidden from wedlove,
Losing livelihood,
Consumed by disease,
Bloated from hunger,
Struggling to rebuild,
Losing their dignity,
Being murdered
In distant sands
Or genocidal climes,
His unholy celebration
Rapaciously, callously
Consumes what could
Otherwise save.
Surrounded by resplendent
Images of his new royalists
Carousing 'midst balls,
Betokened with promised
Rewards for their
"Loyalty" and yay-saying,
He drawls a kingly
Proclamation
That the struggling
Masses of the world
Be satisfied with his
(Time-honored)
Sound bites of "freedom"
And "Let them eat cake."

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  • 17 years ago

    by Biscuit

    Im afriad to say this is way over my head, it was brought to my attention by dwelt, who recomended it to me in a contest, but i feel it is too high above my standards that to judge it would be unfair to you as their are many things about this poem that i am simply too young and unknowledgeable to either understand or appreciate.

    from reading this poem (and a few others of yours) i can however appreciate that you are a very talented poet and one that should not confine yourself to the limited capacity of this website and the people who cannot/do not appreciate your writing. get out there and show your talent to the world!!

    -biscuit-

  • 18 years ago

    by Sungrl And Mrs Whatsit

    ....yup.....

  • 18 years ago

    by Amanda Bee

    Sound bites of "freedom"
    And "Let them eat cake."

    PRICELESS!!! I loved this poem. It is so very true. You couldn't have expressed it better! Excellent.

  • 19 years ago

    by Shædow Poet

    Very beautifully written, yet very sad, pointing out the faults of our humanity.
    I love your style; it had immense flow, yet was so differently written. Brackets and disjointed sentances, they added a superb feel to the poem.
    Well done! Brilliantly written!

  • 19 years ago

    by Lostraindrops

    not bad